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          <a class="indexterm" name="idp56251152"></a> 
The type for each element in the list of buffers.
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">const_buffer</span> <span class="identifier">value_type</span><span class="special">;</span>
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                    <a class="link" href="../const_buffer/const_buffer.html" title="const_buffer::const_buffer"><span class="bold"><strong>const_buffer</strong></span></a>
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                    Construct an empty buffer.
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                    Construct a buffer to represent a given memory range.
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                    Construct a non-modifiable buffer from a modifiable one.
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                    <a class="link" href="../const_buffer/operator_plus_.html" title="const_buffer::operator+"><span class="bold"><strong>operator+</strong></span></a>
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                    Create a new non-modifiable buffer that is offset from the start
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          The <a class="link" href="../const_buffer.html" title="const_buffer"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">const_buffer</span></code></a>
          class provides a safe representation of a buffer that cannot be modified.
          It does not own the underlying data, and so is cheap to copy or assign.
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          The contents of a buffer may be accessed using the <a class="link" href="../buffer_size.html" title="buffer_size"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">buffer_size</span></code></a> and <a class="link" href="../buffer_cast.html" title="buffer_cast"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">buffer_cast</span></code></a> functions:
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">const_buffer</span> <span class="identifier">b1</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">...;</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">s1</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">buffer_size</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">b1</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">p1</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">buffer_cast</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">b1</span><span class="special">);</span>
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          The <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">buffer_cast</span></code> function permits violations
          of type safety, so uses of it in application code should be carefully considered.
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          <span class="bold"><strong>Header: </strong></span><code class="literal">boost/asio/buffer.hpp</code>
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          <span class="bold"><strong>Convenience header: </strong></span><code class="literal">boost/asio.hpp</code>
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